Violin attachment



cph 2 1931.. J. H. KESSLER 1,824,901

VIOLIN ATTACHMENT Filed Jan. 5, 1931 INVENTOR- H.

ATTORNEYS.

. l e to he w tism. o he 1 i 7 'Sot s e '1 Patented Sept. 29, 1 931 :2

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. This invention relates. to stringed ins'tru- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device ments such as violinsandparticularly an atshownJ in Fig. 1; and

tachment mcmberfor the violin and has for Fig.3 is a perspective view of a modified one of. its objects to. provide a device which form of my device.

I! will serve as a guide for the hand of the Referring to the drawings, 10 denotesavioi0 pupil so as to maintainthe hand and-wrist. in lin body, 11 the neck portion for said violin the correct and naturalposition'. body and 12. the head of said neck portion Several braces havebeen hitherto known My device is adapted to be attached to said having the same object but which have the bodylt) and toisaid head 12 and may comprise W drawback that while they support-the wrist a member 13 such as a rod of wood, metal, ll in a certain position they do not prevent. the wire or other suitablematerial. This memturning of the hand itself asa resultof which bar is suspended from the said violin body the'pupil isunable to acquire the habit of and from the head 12 b means of double maintaining the hand always. inthe correct armedmembers 14, 15. w ich in the present 15 position. I. embodlmenteonsistof wires coiled around Theknown devices also'have the drawback therod 13 asat 14 and 15 and the arms that-they actually embrace thehand or wrist 14a and: 15a. ofeach of which extend upand this has been foundto he undesirablaine wardly. The free'ends 14 of the arms 14a asmuch assuch embracing feels very uncomare bent over laterally and are designed to fortable and has the tendency toparalyze the hook over the top surface of the-body 10, one mu l of the hand l-finger on eachside of the neck 11. The arms 15a Thi i ti h the efm. m ddjtin l at the other end of rod 13' are preferably made object,towi:t, to so construct thedeviceor atofresilient'wire so as to clamp aro t g h tth tit= i1l u ortthg wrist, hand sldes of the head 12. The free ends of these 26 and arm in natnralpositionvery comfortably arms 15a: may be provided with eyelets or d. ith t gxeyting a i th loops 15 for the passage ofa screw 16 (Fig. Player. w 4 I 3):wherebythearms maybe tl'ghtenedtothe A further object'jis to provide a device Ileck 1f deslledwhi h may b d fo ith ight left Shdably but tightly mounted on said rod 30 ha d d players. j v 13 between said pairs of supporting mem- Still another object is to; provide. a oombel's 15d 1 a pp ing arm 17; Which paratively' cheap and. simple constructionof y be l t m of a 191606 of Wlre, 0116 my dgvice i end of wh ch is wound around said rod asat With the above and other objects in view and frlctmally but slidably engages the myinvention comprises the novel con tru same. The sa d support extends; laterally m ion, bi ti n and arrangement of elefrom sald rod 13 and towards the body of the mentstobe hereinafter morei tully described, n-

shownand d fin d inth a nd d claim In the mod ficatlon shown in Fig. 3 the In the accompanying drawingswhich form supporting arm 17a which also may be of part of this specification andip which simia loop ,of wire or any other suitable material lar reference charactersdenote correspondhas, at one end a collar 18 which is slidably ing parts; A mounted on the rod 13. The collar may be i Fig. 1 is. a side elevation of my device apfixed in. the desired position by means of tween the body and head 12 below the and the rod 13 may neck 11 as shown in Fig. 1 and the arm 17 (17a) adjusted on 'said rod 13 to the position most suitable for the particular player. Then the player after properly positioning the vio- V lin grasps the violin neck in the usual manner and places his hand sothat his thumb extends between the rod 13 and neck 11 and the inner art of his wrist rests against the arm 17 (l a), while the thumb side of the hand adjoining the wrist bears against part 13 of the rod which extends beyond the support 17 toward the head portion of the neck.

11. In'this manner the players hand and arm are steadied in the correct position and while the device permits freedomof movement of thefingers, it prevents the handfrom swinging in towards the; neckratjthe wrist,

portion and also prevents its swinging laterally under the neck. By having member 13 extend between the end'of the violin bodylO and the head 12-01 the neck portion, I am in a position not only to suspend the device'in the most convenient and simple manner, but also toproduce a guide that will not grip theflwrist or:.hand of the player, but merely guides the hand and arm and, whilepermitting free movement of the fingers, hold the hand and arm against moving sidewards under the neck andprevent swinging around of the wrist. .7 s v I Thepositionof the arm17 (17a) shown is that when the' device is used for a right handed player. To adapt the said devicefor useby a left handed player,;it is only necessary to rotate the support arm17. (17a), 180? aboutthe rod 13 as an axis. 1

f -To prevent damage to the violinas by .iscr-atchingwor the like the armslt and 15 may bezc overed with some soft material (not shown) Likewise the support arm 17 (17 a) s p be covered toprevent injury to the player. If desired,the' rod 13 and legs 14 may be integrally formed.

The member 15*and also member14= V be made adjustable on the rod 13'to'enable the use of my device on violins of. difierent slze. 1 by It is of course obvious that my invention may be modified in various ways without -departing from thespirit'of my invention. I therefore do not wish to restrict myself to the details described and shown.

What I claim-is:

1. In a violin attachment, a hand guide comprising a member adapted to extend below the neck portion of a violin and be attachedto'the violin soas to bear against the side portion'of the wrist'of the players hand and means adjustably mounted on said member so as to. bear against the inner part of said =wrist,l said member being suspended from the violin by pairs of arms fixedto the and means adjustably mounted on said member so as to bear against the inner part of said wrist, said member being suspended from the violin by two pairs of arms attached to said member, one pair embracing the head of the neck portion of the violin and the other. pairengaging the-body portion of said violin, said pairs of arms each being made of pieces of resilient wire coiled around said member.

-3. In aviolin attachment, a hand guide comprising a member adapted to extend below'the neck portion of aviolin and be attached to the violin soas to bear against the side portion of the wrist of the players hand and means adjustably mounted on said memher so as to bear against the inner part of said wrist, said adjustable means consisting of an arm frictionallymounted onsaid member to extend laterally from said member and'slantingly toward the body portion of the violin. i 1 1 4. In a violin attachment, a hand guide comprising a member adapted to extend below the neck portion of a violin an d be attached to the violin so as to bear against the side portion of the wrist of the players hand and means adjustably mounted on said member so as to bear against the inner part of said wrist, said adjustable means consisting ofsan' arm formed with a sleeve slidably borne 'onrsaid' member, said arm projecting laterally from said'member and slantingly towardthe body. portion of the violin.

" 5. Ina violin attachment,a member adapted to extend below thefneck portion of a violin, 'means' for suspending said member from the. head of said neck .portion andthe violin body, means on said member adapted to bear against theinner portion of the wrist of the players hand, when thelatter isused to stop the Violin strings, and prevent the swingingof "said hand at saidwrist, said member being adapted to bear against the side of said handto prevent W its swinging under-said neck. I V i 6. In' a violin attachment, a rod like member adapted 'toextend parallel to the neck member of. a violinand below it, means for suspending said member from the head of of the players hand and preventf'swinging of said hand at said wrist, said member be ing adapted to'bear' against the side ofsaid hang to prevent its swinging under said nec 7. In a violin attachment, a member ada ted to extend below the neck portion 0 a violin, means for suspending said member from said neck portion and the violin body, means on said member adapted to bear against the inner portion of the wrist of the players hand when the latter is used to stop the violin strings and prevent the swinging of said hand at said wrist, said member being adapted to bear against the side of said hand to prevent its swin 'n under said neck.

In testimony whereof a my si ature.

JOEL H. KES LER. 

